Well, I'm a luthier and have a few clients who own old, historic guitars that I get to hear frequently. One of those persons has a 1944 Conde. I've grown to love that sound. Your guitar is wonderful, with all the attributes that one could expect from a Conde Hermanos. Congratulations on getting your dream guitar; it really is a dream and you play it very well!
Really appreciate you saying that! Thanks a lot for watching. Glad you enjoyed the sound and my playing. It is truly a magical instrument, there's something special about these older Conde guitars. Great to hear from a luthier too... I know many players but not too many luthiers. If you ever need someone to record some videos with your instruments, give me a shout!! 😁
Thanks a lot Yash! It does indeed! I need to get a better mic or something because it can't capture the full impression of this guitar 😅 Thanks for commenting mate, appreciate the support as always 🙏
Thanks a lot Franz! I was super lucky to snap up this guitar! Yes Diego is THE MAN, the flamenco community is lucky to have him 😁 Take care mate, thank you for watching and commenting, I really appreciate the support 🙏
Again.... how the strings are arranged depends on the guitar ... it can be different, you know 😂 clavijas are my favourite, both how they look and their function
@@FrancisGrant1 Brazilian Rosewood... Hopefully, they stopped to p*ss off musicians at borders and airports: this wood is CITES protected, until 2019, you needed a CITES certificate to transport them, but they concluded that since musical instruments were only 1% of the dalbergia nigra international transport and moreover, musicians from a national philharmonic were detained because of some bassoon and marimba in Brazilian Rosewood, the UN was pressured to stop bothering musicians. It's one of the best tonewoods... Well, if you break your guitar, I'd be happy to recycle the flat parts as fretboards for my electric guitars
Well, I suppose you must feel just like when I finally could secure my 1st Vigier Passion III-90/10 after 18 years looking for one (only 46 built and it's the best electric guitar I ever touched, and I gave a try to stuff that sell at the price of a car, an apartment and even a house, as well as I was allowed to give a try to gear belonging to very very famous persons) and the hail Mary moment I had was when I was able to secure a 2nd one two years later and that was the one I tried in 1991, and without a single scratch on the varnish, it was just like she had waited for me for 20 years!). I'm really happy for you, especially since I had the opportunity to, although not into acoustics, give a try to a Condé Hermanos belonging to someone very famous when I intended the guitar course (an intensive week) that used to happen with the Cannes Guitar Festival, I think it was in 1992... These are true marvels that sound really magic, they have serious "mojo" and... Better not put one like this in the hands of a beginner: he/she will end disgusted of his own guitar and considering the usual price tags on this brand, you can easily face 2 decades waiting to get yours
After fingerpicking 30 years on $1000 guitars....last month I found a pawnshop $100 "japanese" Classical Alverez.....except it was a $6000 1973 Juan Alverez Blanca Cedartop. I couldnt believe what I was looking at, for $100!!!!!!! I could not have picked a better guitar for fingerpicking, I had never seen a real flamenco guitar in Idaho before, the pawn shop owner had no idea what he had.
Wow! You struck gold there! That is every guitarists dream to find a hidden gem! It's difficult to really know about premium guitars unless you're really into the style so I don't blame the store owner for not being aware
@@FrancisGrant1 Ive now accepted Guitar God as my personal saviour, as every player should, it only cost me 30 years of pilgrimage for the the Alvarez Holy Grail
Hi Jim! Diego is a private dealer so you won't find his location online. If you drop him a message through his online store (linked below), he will get in touch with you directly and you can arrange a time to visit him if needed reverb.com/uk/shop/diegos-gear-garage-106
Enhorabuena Francis, que hermosa guitarra con palillos la hace ver más flamenca, por cierto, ¿cómo se compara él sonido y construcción de esta Conde con la Marlon Navarro o la Juan Montes? ¡Saludos!
¡Muchas gracias! Sí, adoro la estética con las clavijas de madera. Tanto el Juan Montes como el Marlon Navarro son instrumentos fantásticos. Sin embargo, las guitarras que tuve de estos dos luthiers eran de nivel de estudiante, mientras que esta Conde Hermanos es una guitarra de concierto. Por lo tanto, realmente no se puede comparar. El Conde es de un nivel superior y cuesta quizás tres veces más. Juan Montes y Francisco Navarro producen guitarras de grado de concierto, pero no las he probado, solo he probado sus guitarras de grado de estudiante. De todos modos, por su precio, creo que no encontrarás mejores guitarras que Juan Montes o Marlon Navarro.
Thank you so much 🙏 😁 it definitely will provide many many years of great music! The year is 1996. The headstock with pegs is a bit heavier than modern tuning gear systems. But for me that is a plus, I think it helps with the resonance and projection of the sound. Thank a lot for watching and commenting, really appreciate that!
It sounds very nice with many capabilities. What scale is it? There are so many Conde guitars out there it is difficult to know what's what. Gravina St. you can't go wrong, with a reputable dealer for sure. I always wondered if they were comfortable to play or only for the pros? On the steel string side Gibson has the "workhorse" reputation, but seem not easy to play in general. High five!
Francis, what would be your suggestion for an all solid wood Blanca and negra around 1800 USD price range ? For the price range, there are too many options, so it gets overwhelming. At the moment I just learn on a Yamaha classical CX40. If I had to choose between a Blanca or a negra I am assuming the negra depending on the tone woods would be a bit more versatile? Thanks Francis I love your posts very helpful.
Hi Ted! Yes I get what you mean... at this price range there is so much choice, it becomes very hard to narrow it down to specific models. Everyone is different and everyone has different preferences... ultimately, if you're going to spend this much money on a guitar, you will want to get it in your hands to see how it feels to you and how it sounds to you. I find that negras have more versatility. As we spoke about before, if you would also like to play classical music then I recommend a negra. Blancas are great too but these days, most people tend to only use them when they want that punchy, snappy and loud tone - like if you want to play in the tablao or want to play a fast tangos or buleria piece. Instead of recommending specific guitars, I'll mention a couple of builders who I would certainly be at the top of my list for this price range. It will be up to you to check out the different models and explore what fits best for your personality / hands / ears. Camps do great guitars at this price range. So does Francisco Navarro. You may even want to consider a second hand vintage guitar from a master luthier like Conde Hermanos, you can sometimes get lucky around this price range. I recommend keeping an eye on Diego's store: reverb.com/uk/shop/diegos-gear-garage-106 And vintage guitar world: www.vintage-guitar-world.com/product-category/flamenco-guitars/?orderby=price
Wow that guitar sounds fantastic I’m definitely not jealous 😢 love to own a conde I’m sure Diego nearly bought my pdl signature sirocco blanka if he’s from Edinburgh selling top class guitars and he was interested in my valeriano too what a small world. Another great video and playing especially liked your rendition of fields of gold I could-imagine you jumping around when the courier came lol
Honestly this guitar is a canon, the sound is like nothing I've experienced before! I absolutely was ecstatic when it arrived haha! Yes it's a small world, Diego has a great reputation. But if you ever decide you want a Conde just get in touch with him, he will help you get one. He was showing me the Atocha negra and Conde Hermanos blanca that he has available right now, stunning guitars. He has Conde coming in and out all the time. Thanks for your compliments 😊 Yes the Fields of Gold melody is really beautiful. Like you, I love playing relaxed fingerstyle stuff too!
Hell no! Most guitars I just review and send back but I actually bought this guitar. I may swap it if I find something that I prefer but for the moment, I am planning to keep this guitar
I'm a flamenco "plunker", bought a Cordoba F7 (Non-Paco) flamenco guitar. Wanted to hear some expert flamenco artists play F7's. There are only a few F7 demos, most are demos of F7 "Pacos". Maybe somebody will come out with a guitar with "Sabicas" nickname. Congratulations on getting the guitar of your dreams and having the ability to play it well.
Thanks a lot Gilbert! Glad you enjoyed! That's a good question about the red borders on the back... I actually don't know what it is specifically, I'll ask Diego and get back to you 👍 Thanks a lot for watching, appreciate the support 🙏
With the last two instruments I bought online, I left them in the packaging overnight for climate acclamation. That's what Sweetwater recommends and it makes sense. Better safe than sorry.
Hey Joshua, I've never heard that before - thanks for mentioning that. I could certainly see myself doing that if shipping internationally and with variable temperature conditions. With the Conde, it was 24 hour shipping and the weather was very mild. But it's a good idea and I can see myself doing this in the future. All the best!
@@FrancisGrant1 Glad to help! I would apply that rule across the board. Sweetwater is in Indiana just East of me, and I still waited to open their shipments because a lot of humidity and temperature changes can occur from the warehouse to your front door.
Thanks for this video Francis, what a dream guitar! I have a Felipe Conde FP14N - at the other end of the Conde range - which I also cannot put down! Could you tell me the nut width on your guitar please? On mine it is 53mm, strings 43mm so there is a full 5mm on each side between the string and the edge of the fretboard (I like this setup). Yours looks like the strings are closer to the edge, is the nut narrower or the string spacing wider? On my guitar the action at the nut is a little high, I am thinking of lowering it. Thanks again, Bill
Hi Bill!! The FP14 is a beautiful guitar too, I have considered buying that in the past! That's interesting yours is 53 mm, I didn't know that... and that feels OK? No additional strain on the hand? Unusually, this Conde Hermanos is 51 mm nut width. This actually concerned me in the beginning as I have big hands and like larger but widths. But since trying the 51 mm, I actually prefer it. Like you said, the strings are close to the edge so you have to spend a little bit more care when playing otherwise you can accidentally push the string over the edge of the fretboard. But once you get used to this, it feels no different to a 52 mm nut width. Thanks for watching the video and commenting 🙏 great to get in touch! 😁
@@FrancisGrant1 Hi Francis, I think you get used to any guitar you play often, my classical guitar is 51mm. I do like the extra string spacing for flamenco, but this is the only flamenco guitar I have owned so maybe I would prefer 51. It is hard to find flamenco guitars in Australia! Your strings are closer to the edge so maybe the string spacing is similar to mine. By-the-way you and I have a few things in common, I also have a PhD in biological sciences (mine in Ecology), a publication in a Nature journal (Nat Comms), a black belt (Tae Kwon Do) and we both moved from classical guitar players to mostly flamenco! Cheers, Bill
That's true... eventually you get used to anything that you pick up every day! That's uncanny how we have followed very similar paths 😂 everyone has always thought that I was unusually eclectic so it's nice to have some company 😁 keep in contact Bill!
The wooden pegs do not have a good reputation, but yours seem to work. If necessary you could switch them out for the Planet Pegs. Forget about B. Rosewood outside of Europe. People sell their cars to buy a guitar like this. Worth it might i add.
Depends obviously playing/collecting it in person is better, still in 1962 way before the internet existed and it became the most popular guitar of its time (dude to Segovia who had a similar one) my father ordered himself a classical guitar at the Jose Ramirez factury which was send to the Netherlands by mail. The one he received was build by Contreras and by far the best Ramirez he ever encountered. It might be quite similar to Manolo Sanlucar's famous classical Ramirez guitar, both were called magical by whoever had the luck to play it.
De que año es la guitarra y de que calle es gravina felipe v o atocha? La buena epoca de gravina son los 70 principios de los 80 en felipe v en los 90 saludos
@@samueljimenez460 Estoy de acuerdo en que la calidad de los talleres puede variar. Pero cada uno tiene opiniones diferentes sobre qué época fue buena o mala. Mi consejo sería que tengas en tus manos cada guitarra y la entiendas tú mismo antes de juzgarla.
@@FrancisGrant1gracias a dios e probado muchas condes y mas guitarras como francisco barba Manuel reyes gerundino Fernández arcángel Fernández en etc y te puedo decir que las guitarras tienen sus epocas igual que los vinos de conde la mejor epoca es la de los 60 70 de la calle Gravina en todos los sentidos ademas son las mas caras y eso es por algo despues de esa epoca de los 60 70 la mejor epoca y la segunda mas cotizada son las de la calle felipe v entre los 90 hasta el 2000 aunque ya habian condes de felipe v en los años 80 por ejemplo la guitarra de jesus de Rosario de cañorroto es del 87 y pone en la etiqueta felipe v y pone modelo especial pero no lleva firma amigo se de lo que hablo e tenido muchas guitarras y venga de familia de artistas
Well, I'm a luthier and have a few clients who own old, historic guitars that I get to hear frequently. One of those persons has a 1944 Conde. I've grown to love that sound. Your guitar is wonderful, with all the attributes that one could expect from a Conde Hermanos. Congratulations on getting your dream guitar; it really is a dream and you play it very well!
Really appreciate you saying that! Thanks a lot for watching. Glad you enjoyed the sound and my playing. It is truly a magical instrument, there's something special about these older Conde guitars. Great to hear from a luthier too... I know many players but not too many luthiers. If you ever need someone to record some videos with your instruments, give me a shout!! 😁
Congratulations man! That guitar sounds so so good and im sure it sounds even more amazing in person
Thanks a lot Yash! It does indeed! I need to get a better mic or something because it can't capture the full impression of this guitar 😅 Thanks for commenting mate, appreciate the support as always 🙏
Congratulations on the Conde!
Thanks a lot Hans! 🙏 😁
Congratulations, hombre 😊
Prof Ramziiiiiii 🙌 thank you my friend, hope you keeping well 💪
Você será sempre meu orgulho, Francis!
E você será sempre meu professor na vida, obrigado pai!
Superb guitar, dude!! Diego is a great friend of mine!! Regards
Thanks a lot Franz! I was super lucky to snap up this guitar! Yes Diego is THE MAN, the flamenco community is lucky to have him 😁 Take care mate, thank you for watching and commenting, I really appreciate the support 🙏
Enjoy this amazing guitar and keep making videos, you play very well. Cheers!
Yes.. now the strings are arranged correctly. The clavijas look very nice on the negra.
Again.... how the strings are arranged depends on the guitar ... it can be different, you know 😂 clavijas are my favourite, both how they look and their function
that back is beautiful could be a wallpaper fr ;D
I agree!! I haven't seen anything like it!! 🤤
@@FrancisGrant1 Brazilian Rosewood... Hopefully, they stopped to p*ss off musicians at borders and airports: this wood is CITES protected, until 2019, you needed a CITES certificate to transport them, but they concluded that since musical instruments were only 1% of the dalbergia nigra international transport and moreover, musicians from a national philharmonic were detained because of some bassoon and marimba in Brazilian Rosewood, the UN was pressured to stop bothering musicians.
It's one of the best tonewoods... Well, if you break your guitar, I'd be happy to recycle the flat parts as fretboards for my electric guitars
Well, I suppose you must feel just like when I finally could secure my 1st Vigier Passion III-90/10 after 18 years looking for one (only 46 built and it's the best electric guitar I ever touched, and I gave a try to stuff that sell at the price of a car, an apartment and even a house, as well as I was allowed to give a try to gear belonging to very very famous persons) and the hail Mary moment I had was when I was able to secure a 2nd one two years later and that was the one I tried in 1991, and without a single scratch on the varnish, it was just like she had waited for me for 20 years!).
I'm really happy for you, especially since I had the opportunity to, although not into acoustics, give a try to a Condé Hermanos belonging to someone very famous when I intended the guitar course (an intensive week) that used to happen with the Cannes Guitar Festival, I think it was in 1992... These are true marvels that sound really magic, they have serious "mojo" and... Better not put one like this in the hands of a beginner: he/she will end disgusted of his own guitar and considering the usual price tags on this brand, you can easily face 2 decades waiting to get yours
Beautiful sounding guitar gorgeous tone nice playing to
Thanks a lot Anthony! Really appreciate that 🙏 Take care!
good morning,Francis! wow~amazing - see ya!,
Good morning to you! Thanks for watching and commenting mate 🙏 take care!
After fingerpicking 30 years on $1000 guitars....last month I found a pawnshop $100 "japanese" Classical Alverez.....except it was a $6000 1973 Juan Alverez Blanca Cedartop. I couldnt believe what I was looking at, for $100!!!!!!! I could not have picked a better guitar for fingerpicking, I had never seen a real flamenco guitar in Idaho before, the pawn shop owner had no idea what he had.
Wow! You struck gold there! That is every guitarists dream to find a hidden gem! It's difficult to really know about premium guitars unless you're really into the style so I don't blame the store owner for not being aware
@@FrancisGrant1 Ive now accepted Guitar God as my personal saviour, as every player should, it only cost me 30 years of pilgrimage for the the Alvarez Holy Grail
@@P.B.andJam 😂😂😂 I may have to do the same!!! Hopefully, it will happen sooner for me!!
awesome guitar
Thanks a lot!! Couldn't be happier with this purchase 🙏🏻
Oh my!!! This is a powerful sound machine!!! 🤯🎸
It is indeed!! It's a canon!!
Joyful tutorial. Good luck bro 🌟💫🎶
Thanks a lot, my friend 🙏 I am grateful 😁 Take care and speak soon
I can’t locate Diego in Edinburgh. Can you give me a link?
Thanks
Hi Jim! Diego is a private dealer so you won't find his location online. If you drop him a message through his online store (linked below), he will get in touch with you directly and you can arrange a time to visit him if needed
reverb.com/uk/shop/diegos-gear-garage-106
My friend you good guitarist flamenco and good guy god bless you
Thanks a lot Muhemmed 🙏 really appreciate that my friend
why withour 2 pegs? how to install those pegs? i see they use some white glue before installing it
You can be cool, but not as cool like Francis wearing his Cambridge hoodie and unboxing his favourite guitar!
😂😂😂 Ratul thank you man... I was definitely going for maximum cool in this video, glad I achieved it 😆 appreciate you as always dude!! 🙏🙏
Olé Francis , viva tu !
🙌 The man himself! Thanks for making this happen Diego 🙏, speak soon !
Muchacho. Te vas a hacer famoso.
Conde is a powerful flamenco guitar
They are so powerful! And they just get better with time
Enhorabuena Francis, que hermosa guitarra con palillos la hace ver más flamenca, por cierto, ¿cómo se compara él sonido y construcción de esta Conde con la Marlon Navarro o la Juan Montes? ¡Saludos!
¡Muchas gracias! Sí, adoro la estética con las clavijas de madera. Tanto el Juan Montes como el Marlon Navarro son instrumentos fantásticos. Sin embargo, las guitarras que tuve de estos dos luthiers eran de nivel de estudiante, mientras que esta Conde Hermanos es una guitarra de concierto. Por lo tanto, realmente no se puede comparar. El Conde es de un nivel superior y cuesta quizás tres veces más. Juan Montes y Francisco Navarro producen guitarras de grado de concierto, pero no las he probado, solo he probado sus guitarras de grado de estudiante. De todos modos, por su precio, creo que no encontrarás mejores guitarras que Juan Montes o Marlon Navarro.
@@FrancisGrant1 Many thanks for the answer. Congratulations for the new guitar!
A beautiful guitar for life. Enjoy :) Did u mentioned year? I wonder what's the weight and peg head new/old system. Thanks for sharing 🤘🎸
Thank you so much 🙏 😁 it definitely will provide many many years of great music! The year is 1996. The headstock with pegs is a bit heavier than modern tuning gear systems. But for me that is a plus, I think it helps with the resonance and projection of the sound. Thank a lot for watching and commenting, really appreciate that!
Gratidão ...salve do Brasil
Amigo, salve! Obrigado por ter assistir 🇧🇷
I hear many good.things of this brand like the best
Conde Hermanos is the iconic flamenco guitar workshop. Their guitars are some of the best 👑
Congratulations amazing guitar Enjoy
Thanks Mr Tangos! Appreciate you watching and commenting 🙏
It sounds very nice with many capabilities. What scale is it? There are so many Conde guitars out there it is difficult to know what's what. Gravina St. you can't go wrong, with a reputable dealer for sure. I always wondered if they were comfortable to play or only for the pros? On the steel string side Gibson has the "workhorse" reputation, but seem not easy to play in general. High five!
Be carefull with removing those pegs. I found out the hard way it's not a good idea to mix them up and to put them back in the wrong hole.
Francis, what would be your suggestion for an all solid wood Blanca and negra around 1800 USD price range ? For the price range, there are too many options, so it gets overwhelming. At the moment I just learn on a Yamaha classical CX40. If I had to choose between a Blanca or a negra I am assuming the negra depending on the tone woods would be a bit more versatile? Thanks Francis I love your posts very helpful.
Hi Ted! Yes I get what you mean... at this price range there is so much choice, it becomes very hard to narrow it down to specific models. Everyone is different and everyone has different preferences... ultimately, if you're going to spend this much money on a guitar, you will want to get it in your hands to see how it feels to you and how it sounds to you. I find that negras have more versatility. As we spoke about before, if you would also like to play classical music then I recommend a negra. Blancas are great too but these days, most people tend to only use them when they want that punchy, snappy and loud tone - like if you want to play in the tablao or want to play a fast tangos or buleria piece.
Instead of recommending specific guitars, I'll mention a couple of builders who I would certainly be at the top of my list for this price range. It will be up to you to check out the different models and explore what fits best for your personality / hands / ears. Camps do great guitars at this price range. So does Francisco Navarro. You may even want to consider a second hand vintage guitar from a master luthier like Conde Hermanos, you can sometimes get lucky around this price range. I recommend keeping an eye on Diego's store: reverb.com/uk/shop/diegos-gear-garage-106
And vintage guitar world: www.vintage-guitar-world.com/product-category/flamenco-guitars/?orderby=price
Wow that guitar sounds fantastic I’m definitely not jealous 😢 love to own a conde I’m sure Diego nearly bought my pdl signature sirocco blanka if he’s from Edinburgh selling top class guitars and he was interested in my valeriano too what a small world. Another great video and playing especially liked your rendition of fields of gold
I could-imagine you jumping around when the courier came lol
Honestly this guitar is a canon, the sound is like nothing I've experienced before! I absolutely was ecstatic when it arrived haha!
Yes it's a small world, Diego has a great reputation. But if you ever decide you want a Conde just get in touch with him, he will help you get one. He was showing me the Atocha negra and Conde Hermanos blanca that he has available right now, stunning guitars. He has Conde coming in and out all the time.
Thanks for your compliments 😊 Yes the Fields of Gold melody is really beautiful. Like you, I love playing relaxed fingerstyle stuff too!
Sounds killer
Thanks a lot Mark! I am totally addicted to the sound and feel of this guitar 😆
Hello Francis have you did you sell the guitar ? Thank you
Hell no! Most guitars I just review and send back but I actually bought this guitar. I may swap it if I find something that I prefer but for the moment, I am planning to keep this guitar
That sound! *drools*
Basically cocaine in the guitar form 🤤🤤🤤
I'm a flamenco "plunker", bought a Cordoba F7 (Non-Paco) flamenco guitar. Wanted to hear some expert flamenco artists play F7's.
There are only a few F7 demos, most are demos of F7 "Pacos". Maybe somebody will come out with a guitar with "Sabicas" nickname.
Congratulations on getting the guitar of your dreams and having the ability to play it well.
Thank you Gary! Keep on 'plunking' with the flamenco style! The F7 is a wonderful guitar for this.
Cool video and a stunning instrument, do you know what the red purfling is and centre strip is made out of? Is it Padauk?
Thanks a lot Gilbert! Glad you enjoyed! That's a good question about the red borders on the back... I actually don't know what it is specifically, I'll ask Diego and get back to you 👍 Thanks a lot for watching, appreciate the support 🙏
@@FrancisGrant1 Look forward to hearing what it is mate, all the best!
I have a Hermanos conde negra 1977
That's amazing! Vintage Conde is so wonderful to experience
With the last two instruments I bought online, I left them in the packaging overnight for climate acclamation. That's what Sweetwater recommends and it makes sense. Better safe than sorry.
Hey Joshua, I've never heard that before - thanks for mentioning that. I could certainly see myself doing that if shipping internationally and with variable temperature conditions. With the Conde, it was 24 hour shipping and the weather was very mild. But it's a good idea and I can see myself doing this in the future. All the best!
@@FrancisGrant1 Glad to help! I would apply that rule across the board. Sweetwater is in Indiana just East of me, and I still waited to open their shipments because a lot of humidity and temperature changes can occur from the warehouse to your front door.
Thanks for this video Francis, what a dream guitar! I have a Felipe Conde FP14N - at the other end of the Conde range - which I also cannot put down!
Could you tell me the nut width on your guitar please? On mine it is 53mm, strings 43mm so there is a full 5mm on each side between the string and the edge of the fretboard (I like this setup). Yours looks like the strings are closer to the edge, is the nut narrower or the string spacing wider?
On my guitar the action at the nut is a little high, I am thinking of lowering it.
Thanks again, Bill
Hi Bill!! The FP14 is a beautiful guitar too, I have considered buying that in the past! That's interesting yours is 53 mm, I didn't know that... and that feels OK? No additional strain on the hand? Unusually, this Conde Hermanos is 51 mm nut width. This actually concerned me in the beginning as I have big hands and like larger but widths. But since trying the 51 mm, I actually prefer it. Like you said, the strings are close to the edge so you have to spend a little bit more care when playing otherwise you can accidentally push the string over the edge of the fretboard. But once you get used to this, it feels no different to a 52 mm nut width.
Thanks for watching the video and commenting 🙏 great to get in touch! 😁
@@FrancisGrant1 Hi Francis, I think you get used to any guitar you play often, my classical guitar is 51mm. I do like the extra string spacing for flamenco, but this is the only flamenco guitar I have owned so maybe I would prefer 51. It is hard to find flamenco guitars in Australia! Your strings are closer to the edge so maybe the string spacing is similar to mine.
By-the-way you and I have a few things in common, I also have a PhD in biological sciences (mine in Ecology), a publication in a Nature journal (Nat Comms), a black belt (Tae Kwon Do) and we both moved from classical guitar players to mostly flamenco!
Cheers, Bill
That's true... eventually you get used to anything that you pick up every day! That's uncanny how we have followed very similar paths 😂 everyone has always thought that I was unusually eclectic so it's nice to have some company 😁 keep in contact Bill!
The wooden pegs do not have a good reputation, but yours seem to work. If necessary you could switch them out for the Planet Pegs. Forget about B. Rosewood outside of Europe. People sell their cars to buy a guitar like this. Worth it might i add.
Buying an expensive guitar online without trying it in person is a seriously bad idea.
Depends obviously playing/collecting it in person is better, still in 1962 way before the internet existed and it became the most popular guitar of its time (dude to Segovia who had a similar one) my father ordered himself a classical guitar at the Jose Ramirez factury which was send to the Netherlands by mail. The one he received was build by Contreras and by far the best Ramirez he ever encountered. It might be quite similar to Manolo Sanlucar's famous classical Ramirez guitar, both were called magical by whoever had the luck to play it.
De que año es la guitarra y de que calle es gravina felipe v o atocha? La buena epoca de gravina son los 70 principios de los 80 en felipe v en los 90 saludos
Hola, esto es del 1996.
Ya lo sé pero en esa época Gravina no era buena época hacían muy malas guitarras por eso en los años 90 se llevaba mucho las conde de Felipe v
@@samueljimenez460 Estoy de acuerdo en que la calidad de los talleres puede variar. Pero cada uno tiene opiniones diferentes sobre qué época fue buena o mala. Mi consejo sería que tengas en tus manos cada guitarra y la entiendas tú mismo antes de juzgarla.
@@FrancisGrant1gracias a dios e probado muchas condes y mas guitarras como francisco barba Manuel reyes gerundino Fernández arcángel Fernández en etc y te puedo decir que las guitarras tienen sus epocas igual que los vinos de conde la mejor epoca es la de los 60 70 de la calle Gravina en todos los sentidos ademas son las mas caras y eso es por algo despues de esa epoca de los 60 70 la mejor epoca y la segunda mas cotizada son las de la calle felipe v entre los 90 hasta el 2000 aunque ya habian condes de felipe v en los años 80 por ejemplo la guitarra de jesus de Rosario de cañorroto es del 87 y pone en la etiqueta felipe v y pone modelo especial pero no lleva firma amigo se de lo que hablo e tenido muchas guitarras y venga de familia de artistas